The secret of pleasing in conversation is not to explain too much everything; to say them half and leave a little for… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
My three favorite travel writers of all time are Robert Louis Stevenson, Graham Greene, and Chuck Thompson. Smile When You're Lying not… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
I glance into the faces of all these people out for a Sunday stroll, but I'm not seeing eyes and noses and… — Andrew Clements Copy Share Image
I'm suggesting that, ironically, the secret to becoming a world 'hyperpower' is tolerance. If you look at history, you see great powers… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I'd begun to think that he'd given up on me in the weeks that had passed. Or that he no longer cared… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The secret behind success isn't as much of a secret as people think. It's pretty simple. It's working as hard as you… — Christian McCaffrey Copy Share Image
King Drowden has given his men instructions to infiltrate the town, bribe townspeople for the secrets of their neighbors, steal the neighbors’… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
The Goddess has a fourth face, which is secret, and you should pray to her, as I do — as I do,… — Marion Zimmer Bradley Copy Share Image
The number one reason most people don't get what they want is that they don't know what they want. Rich people are… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
Talk can neither be verified nor falsified in any rigorous sense. This is an open secret which hermeneutics and aesthetics, from Aristotle… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
Death is not necessarily what gives meaning to life LIFE gives meaning to life, and what we do with life, which is… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
The silence of the forest is my bride and the sweet dark warmth of the whole world is my love, and out… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
But of all the water's secrets, he saw today only a single one-one that struck his soul. He saw that this water… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The dishes of the present day are very light, and they have a particular delicacy and perfume. The secret has been discovered… — Louis-Sebastien Mercier Copy Share Image
There is no violent surface indication of the ecstasy which great thinkers alone enjoy. There is nothing dramatic about it, but there… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
“Some abusers organise themselves in groups to abuse children and other adults in a more formally ritualised way. Men and women in… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I… — Gaspard Ulliel Copy Share Image
How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I had so many secrets and so much social repression throughout my life. I guess I'm just a shy person and feel… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
POSTNot a head stands out A finger rises Then it is the voice that one knows A signal a brief note A… — Pierre Reverdy Copy Share Image
Some men promise to keep your secret and yet reveal it without knowing they are doing so; they do not wag their… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Yet, analytical truth is not as mysterious, or as secret, so as to not allow us to see that people with a… — Jacques Lacan Copy Share Image
So-called global warming is just a secret ploy by wacko tree-huggers to make America energy-independent, clean our air & water, improve fuel-efficiency… — Chip Giller Copy Share Image
But it's a whole lot easier to keep[secrets] when you've got someone else who knows breathing in the same room. Carrying them… — Lilith Saintcrow Copy Share Image
To come back to the secret of inner peace, our questioning and doubting mind is always wanting in peace. Our loving and… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
As other authors have realized, heat can have a strange effect on us, can cause odd chemical reactions in the brain. Heat… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
In the past, the poverty they shared had a certain sweetness about it. When the end of the day came and they… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“You can never be sure of what has passed between husband and wife or lover and mistress. There's always a little corner… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Most people just laugh when they hear that the secret to success is giving. Then again, most people are nowhere near as… — Bob Burg Copy Share Image
Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn't seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he'd… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
Next to the Bible, the book I value most is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. I believe I have read it through at… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The good man shuns evil and follows good; he keeps secret that which ought to be hidden; he makes his virtues manifest… — Bhartrhari Copy Share Image
The secret to a happy life is to recognize that no matter what the situation, there's a creative opportunity in it...find meaning… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I don't decide. My secret self decides. I just go with my subconscious. If it wants to do a poem, I do… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
On a trip to Cabo San Lucas, I was obsessed with Donna Tartt's 'The Secret History.' We were staying at the Esperanza… — Ioan Gruffudd Copy Share Image
Secret courts making secret rulings on secret laws, and companies flagrantly lying to consumers about the insecurity of their products and services,… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. No secret can be kept in the civilized world. Society is a masked ball… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We live in an ocean of air like fish in a body of water. By our breathing we are attuned to our… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Many of us who aren't farmers or gardeners still have some element of farm nostalgia in our family past, real or imagined:… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image